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replace

[ri-plays] / rɪˈpleɪs /


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Raman sidestepped a question about whether she would replace McDonnell before the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Microsoft does not need to replace every Nvidia chip to strengthen its negotiating position.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The reform will replace the widespread "6x1" system -- six days of work followed by one day off -- with a five-day week, gradually reducing the maximum working week from 44 to 40 hours.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Netflix has recently struggled to come up with new hits to replace popular shows that have ended or are aging such as “Stranger Things” and “Bridgerton.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The president received antibiotics to fight possible infection and transfusions to replace his significant blood loss.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

The show is in its second season, and Kuechly replaces Bill Belichick, who played the defensive counterpart to Manning in Season 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

This new record replaces the record set after 5 months of new record-highs in 2025, says the EIA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In effect, the system replaces a computationally demanding digital decoding network with a physical process that can handle many streams in parallel.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We believe this pressure is likely to broaden as agentic AI increasingly replaces human search, comparison and routine decision-making,” he wrote following Amazon’s decision.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“I can tell,” Widget says as he replaces the bottle on the table.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Zacharia replaced secretary Karoline Leavitt, who resigned from the position in August.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

It included a French literature teacher at the Lycee Blaise-Cendrars in the town of Sevran, who said she was not replaced for six months before key exams during her maternity leave.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I let my mom lead and noted that the walking stick she’d been carrying for the last three years had been replaced by hiking poles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

However, being surrounded by such an extraordinary group of people took away that fear and replaced it with excitement and reward.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Razi felt the familiar sadness that he carried everywhere being replaced by a cold, rising anger.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

England's toils in the Ashes 12 months ago led to McDermott replacing Shaun Wane at the helm.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Instead of efficiently replacing damaged components and preserving healthy tissue, aging muscle cells become increasingly burdened by proteins that should have been cleared away.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

In an interview with AFP last month, Banga said the private capital should be seen as augmenting, not replacing, development financing and that it is needed to address the developing world's vast financial needs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Roberts brought in left-hander Kris Bubic, replacing right-hander Roki Sasaki after a hitless inning, to face the left-handed-heavy heart of the order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

What was the impulse that prevented Cecilia from replacing the caps and lids and screw-tops of her makeup and perfumes?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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